The village of Benenden in Kent

The parish of Benenden covers an area of about 7 miles by 3 miles and as well as the main village of Benenden includes Iden Green, East End, Dingleden and Standen Street.

Within the parish Hemsted house is home to Benenden Girls School, East End is dominated by the former Post Office Chest Hospital and the gardens of the great plantsman Collingwood Ingram are within The Grange. The population of the parish is around 1650 people.

The minutes of meetings are below and links to agendas as they become available

A Parish Plan
The presentation prepared for the launch meeting in Feb 2013 is available to download as are the notes recorded at the meetingand an update notice produced in April 2013

Links to the minutes of the parish council are below as they become available. For information available from Benenden Parish Council under the Freedom of Information Act please click here to download a PDF file of an information sheet or contact the Parish Clerk, Karen Bell on 01580 240371 or clerk@benendenparishcouncil.org

Parish Council Members

Mr Kent Barker, 01580 240637, barker.kent@gmail.com

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN -Mrs Janet Beattie, 01580 240973, janetbeattie2004@yahoo.co.uk
Middle Standen, Benenden. TN17 4LA

Mrs Liz Butler-Graham, 01580 240408, liz@colourful-communications.com

Eleanor North
Dingleden Fam, Benenden, TN17 4JU

CHAIRMAN - Mr Gordon Reynolds, 01580 240479, gj_reynolds@hotmail.com
The Old Barn, Forest Farm, Benenden. TN17 4LG

Graham Waldon
Lynwood, Standen Street, Benenden, TN17 4HP

CLERK Office Hours – Wednesday 10am-1pm
Karen Bell, 01580 240371, clerkbenenden@waitrose.com
Community Office, Benenden Village Hall, Benenden TN17 4DY

Parish Council Minutes

To provide better access to the workings of Benenden Parish Council the minutes are available on this site - see below.

The minutes will include the main agenda items. Click on the date below to see the minutes for that month

2003
May 2003	June 2003	July 2003	September 2003
October 2003	November 2003	December 2003
2004
January 2004	March 2004	May 2004	June 2004
July 2004	September 2004	October 2004	November 2004
2005
January 2005	February 2005	March 2005	April 2005
May 2005	June 2005	July 2005	September 2005
October 2005	November 2005	December 2005
2006
January 2006	February 2006	March 2006	May 2006
June 2006 (Extra)	July 2006	September 2006	October 2006 (Extra)
October 2006	November 2006	December 2006
2007
January 2007	February 2007	March 2007	April 2007 (Annual)
May 2007	June 2007	July 2007	September 2007
October 2007	November 2007	December 2007
2008
January 2008	February 2008	March 2008	April 2008 (Annual)
May 2008	June 2008	July 2008	September 2008
October 2008	November 2008	December 2008
2009
January 2009	February 2009	March 2009
May 2009	June 2009	July 2009	September 2009
October 2009	November 2009	December 2009
2010
January 2010	February 2010	March 2010	April 2010 (Annual)
May 2010	June 2010 (Annual)	July 2010	Harmsworth Special September 2010
September 2010	November 2010	December 2010
2011
January 2011	February 2011	March 2011	April 2011 (Extraordinary)
May 2011 (Annual)	June 2011	July 2011	September 2011
October 2011	November 2011	December 2011
2012
January 2012	February 2012	March 2012	May 2012 (Annual)

June 2012	July 2012 (PDF)	Nov'12 PC(PDF) Nov'12 Harmsworth(PDF)
2013 (All files are PDFs)
Jan'13 PC Jan'13 Harmsworth Jan'13 Finance	Feb'13 PC Feb'13 Harmsworth	Mar'13 PC Mar'13 Harmsworth

Agendas and Meeting Documents

Planning meeting agenda Thursday 9th May 2013

Annual Parish Council meeting agenda 20th May 2013

List of Parish Councillors April 2013

Harmsworth Memorial Trust meeting agenda 20th May 2013

PC Statement on Iden Green Affordable Housing